Catholicism was established by Jesus Christ during his ministry on Earth, as recorded in the New Testament of the Bible. Jesus appointed Peter as the first leader of the Church, giving him authority to shepherd and guide the faithful. The early Christian community in Rome grew under Peter's leadership, and the Church in Rome eventually came to be known as the Catholic Church.
He re-established Catholicism in France
It is the main branch of Christianity. Actually, Catholicism IS Christianity, the original Christian Church as established by Christ. Everything else is a branch or twig.
The first Celts existed before Catholicism, so they were no Catholic. Once Catholicism was established, there were Celts still around and some of them did become Catholics.
Catholicism, until Henry VIII established the Church of England.
The two established religions in the 16th Century (the 1500s) were Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity in the forms of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestantisms, Daoism, and one or more others that I'm inadvertently leaving out.
Christianity is one of World's religions in fact it has the most adherents, approximately 2.1 billion. Catholicism (or Roman Catholicism): This is the oldest established western Christian church and the world's largest single religious body. (According to the CIA world fact book)
The Eastern Orthodox faith was established in 1054 with the Great Schism. At this time, the East split from the West and established two churches: Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
Established points of contention between Catholicism and the Church of Rome over adherence to sound doctrine.
Roman Catholic AnswerIn the sixteenth century, Spain sent missionaries into the Southeast United States, mostly friars.
Spain considered itself the international defender of Catholicism during the period of its empire. The Spanish monarchy, through its colonization efforts, sought to spread Catholicism across its territories, particularly in the Americas. The Spanish Inquisition was also established to ensure the orthodoxy of the Catholic faith within Spain.
Christianity was first established in Israel, then spread to Rome and other places when the Apostles traveled and preached the gospel to people of other nations. Catholicism was set in place in ancient Rome.
The Orthodox Church as it is today was established at the Great Schism of 1054, when Christianity split into the East (Eastern Orthodoxy) and the West (Roman Catholicism).